Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/956367
7 Great ings Happen Everyday Wyoming recently saw 53 teachers earn National Board Certification, bringing the total in our state to 692! WEA extends sincere congratulations to these exemplary teachers and applauds the hard work they did to achieve certification. Nationwide, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards celebrates 5,470 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and another 3,957 Board-certified teachers who successfully renewed their certification. These teachers join a growing community of Board-certified teachers, now more than 118,000 strong across all 50 states. Each of these accomplished educators earned the profession's highest mark of achievement through a rigorous, performance-based, peer-review process, demonstrating their proven impact on student learning and achievement. "I'm so proud to celebrate our new National Board Certified Teachers. This is a great personal accomplishment, but it's more than that – this accomplishment is reason to celebrate the impact Board-certified teachers have on millions of students nationwide and on the teaching profession at-large. School principals, superintendents and other system leaders from across the country regularly tell me that NBCTs are making a difference in their students' learning, strengthening their schools and their communities," said Peggy Brookins, NBCT, president and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This year's new Board-certified teachers are the first to certify under the redesigned assessment, developed to be more flexible and accessible for teachers. To learn more about the Wyoming National Board Initiative, which provides valuable support to NBCT candidates throughout the process, go to wnbci.org/. About the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (www.nbpts.org): The founding mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by: (1) maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do; (2) providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards; and (3) advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers. Recognized as the "gold standard" in teacher certification, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers means better learning for students. Samantha Burr - CAMPBELL DISTRICT 1 Freya Butterfield - LARAMIE DISTRICT 1 Rhonda Coggins - LARAMIE DISTRICT 1 Rachel Crawford - LARAMIE DISTRICT 1 Natasha Eisenbraun - CAMPBELL DISTRICT 1 Robyn Gott-Wickes - PARK DISTRICT 6 Stephen Hart - GOSHEN DISTRICT 1 Bethany Herrboldt Keeney - LARAMIE DISTRICT 1 Karla Hill - SHERIDAN DISTRICT 1 Brooke Johnson - SHERIDAN DISTRICT 1 Aaron Kruger - LARAMIE DISTRICT 1 Amelia Moore - PARK DISTRICT 6 Rebecca Moser - CONVERSE DISTRICT 1 Sara Pommarane - ALBANY DISTRICT 1 Rose Robertson - SUBLETTE DISTRICT 1 Lisa Sexton - NATRONA DISTRICT 1 Sara Struckman - SHERIDAN DISTRICT 1 Ashleigh Tieszen - NATRONA DISTRICT 1 Ellen Titensor - ALBANY DISTRICT 1 Heather Tyrrell - LARAMIE DISTRICT 1 Elisabeth White - FREMONT DISTRICT 2 Shirley Wostenberg - ALBANY DISTRICT 1 Congratulations to the Newest NBCTs! 2017 National Board Certified Teachers Who Are WEA Members: